http://www.thenateweb.com Lots of randomness... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:39:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shared by Nate Uh-oh Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued Originally seen at http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FACEBOOK_SCRABBLE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT. http://www.thenateweb.com/the-outside-world/wired-news-ap-news Shared by Nate haha fox news. Why are these news anchors smiling? Because they've been given cups filled with a solid plastic material that resembles coffee. Two cups of McDonald’s iced coffee (BUY!) sit on the Fox 5 TV news desk, a punch-you-in-the-face product placement (BUY!) to chase down ... http://www.thenateweb.com/the-outside-world/fox-tv-news-anchors-enjoy-plastic-coffee Shared by Nate Interesting idea! Originally seen at http://favtape.com/. http://www.thenateweb.com/the-outside-world/favtapecom-create-share-an-instant-mixtape-of-your-pandora-bookmarked-songs-or-lastfm-loved-tracks Shared by Nate Saw this a while ago- pretty interesting. New research suggests that the brain’s adaptive ability to see into the near future creates many common optical illusions. Originally seen at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?pagewanted=all. http://www.thenateweb.com/the-outside-world/mind-optical-illusions-show-how-brain-anticipates-the-future-to-%e2%80%98see%e2%80%99-the-present-nytimescom The mirror, an object of ancient fascination, has become a powerful tool for scientists to explore how the brain interprets (and misinterprets) information. Originally seen at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=all. http://www.thenateweb.com/the-outside-world/basics-mirrors-used-to-explore-how-the-brain-interprets-information-nytimescom